@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong
Only run vcpu ioctls from the same thread that was used to create the
vcpu.
-2. File descritpors
+2. File descriptors
The kvm API is centered around file descriptors. An initial
open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle
can be used to issue system ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl on this
-handle will create a VM file descripror which can be used to issue VM
+handle will create a VM file descriptor which can be used to issue VM
ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU ioctl on a VM fd will create a virtual cpu
and return a file descriptor pointing to it. Finally, ioctls on a vcpu
fd can be used to control the vcpu, including the important task of
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_clock_data (in)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
-Sets the current timestamp of kvmclock to the valued specific in its parameter.
+Sets the current timestamp of kvmclock to the value specified in its parameter.
In conjunction with KVM_GET_CLOCK, it is used to ensure monotonicity on scenarios
such as migration.
@@ -787,11 +787,11 @@ Unused.
__u64 data_offset; /* relative to kvm_run start */
} io;
-If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_IO_IN or KVM_EXIT_IO_OUT, then the vcpu has
+If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_IO, then the vcpu has
executed a port I/O instruction which could not be satisfied by kvm.
data_offset describes where the data is located (KVM_EXIT_IO_OUT) or
where kvm expects application code to place the data for the next
-KVM_RUN invocation (KVM_EXIT_IO_IN). Data format is a patcked array.
+KVM_RUN invocation (KVM_EXIT_IO_IN). Data format is a packed array.
struct {
struct kvm_debug_exit_arch arch;
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ Unused.
__u8 is_write;
} mmio;
-If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_MMIO or KVM_EXIT_IO_OUT, then the vcpu has
+If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_MMIO, then the vcpu has
executed a memory-mapped I/O instruction which could not be satisfied
by kvm. The 'data' member contains the written data if 'is_write' is
true, and should be filled by application code otherwise.